Composition (Pharmacopoeia) Marshmallow root (4000) 10 g Anise (crushed) 15 g Yellow cat’s paw flower (5600) 5 g Licorice root (4000) 10 g Mallow flowers 15 g Senega root (4000) 10 g Thyme 10 g Mullein flowers 15 g The herbal drugs are mixed. Preparations Specierum pectoralium extractum – extract from breast tea. Effects Expectorant … Breast Tea
Products Expectorants are commercially available in the form of cough syrups, drops, tablets, powders, granules, pastilles, and lozenges, among others. Structure and properties Natural (herbal), semisynthetic, and synthetic agents are used. Effects Expectorants liquefy and loosen tough mucus in the respiratory tract and promote expectoration. Mucolytic: liquefy bronchial mucus. Secretolytic: promotes production of a thin … Expectorant
Products Senega root is available as an open product in pharmacies and drugstores. Root extracts are commercially available in the form of bronchial pastilles, tea mixtures, as cough syrup and cough drops, among others. Stem plant The parent plant is from the Polygalaceae family and is native to the forests of North America and Canada. … Senega Root
Effects Expectorating Secretolytic Anti-edematous Antiphlogistic Antiulcerogenic Adaptogenic, stimulation of the ability to learn Properties The properties and effects apply to each representative differently. Optically active Hemolytic: dissolve red blood cells Antimicrobial Taste scratchy Irritating, are injected tissue damaging Indications Cough with viscous mucus formation, catarrh. Tonic, geriatric (ginseng). Ulcer (licorice) Chronic venous insufficiency (horse chestnut) … Saponins
